The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-07

three boys and two girls were asleep when
the fire began. The girls escaped, but the
three boys, aged seven, ten and fifteen
were burned to death. Mrs. Bolin was seri
ously injured while trying to rescue the
children.
AN'extensive plot involving over 100 Rus
sian officers has been unearthed in the eau
casus.
THE Jury Of inquest in the Richmond Ho
tel fire, Buffalo, n. Y, by which fifteer
persons lost their lives, returned verdic
recently recommending that the electrit
light wires, which were found to interfere
with the work of the fire department, b'
put under ground, and censuring the pro
| prietors of the hotel for having only ont
fire escape on the building.
THE remarkable case of William Kissane
who has been under indictment in New
York for thirty-four years for forgery
| caused considerable comment. kissan'
fed to California and is reported to be ex
| tremely wealthy at present under an as
sumed name.
PRESIDENT STRONG Of the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe Railway Company denie:
absolutely that his company has purchased
or has any interest in the purchase OF the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois road. He de
clares that he has no information as to tht
alleged sale beyond the rumors coming
! from the street.
THE Wabash line passed out of the hand!
| of Receivers Tutt and Humphreys on tht
1st.
THE decrease of the public debt during
| March amounted to 81, sos, ,461.
ADvICEs from St. Petersburg fully con
firm the report that another attempt ha:
L l. IL IF Nv
March % while the Car was exercising il
the park connected with Gatschina Palace
he was fired upon by an officer of the army
the ball passing close to his person. The
officer was Immediately seized by attend
ants and imprisoned.
AN elevator loaded with girls fell five
stories in Chicago the other day but none
were hurt.
THE Dauntless has left Queenstown fol
Southampton, where she will be over
hauled, prior to going on cruise along the
| coast of Norway. She will afterwards visit
the Azores and then return home.
JUDGE WADE, of Helena, NJ. T., rules thai
no more licenses shall be issued to travel
ing men for nonresident firms.
THE Stonec Itters' Association of Cincin
natl, Covlngton and Newport has decided Il
some settlement regarding wages and hours
of work.
THE Texas State Rangers recently had {
hard fight with outlaws near Memhill
which resulted in four deaths. One of the
dead was a ranger, the other three belong
ing to an outlayed family named Connor.
ALL the United States prisoners in South
eastern Pennsylvania have been placed OF
. tlai,- no
available for jury trials before next Octo
ber
WILLIAM CLARKE, the registry clerk whC
was accused of stealing package contain
ing $4,000 from mail pouch in the New
York poSt-office, was committed for trla
| on the 1st.
PRESS dispatches state that a quarantine
| against cholera has been established at E
Paso, Tex, the point of danger from which
it was deemed possible that the scOurgC
might be introduced into the United States
SOME time ago the Sewanhaka Yach
| Club, of New Y ork, made request of tn,
Navy Department that a naval officer b'
detailed for the purpose of giving the clul
practical instructions in the management
of its vessels, with view that the flee
might be relied upon as naval reserve. Ii
compliance with this request Commando
Mccall has been detailed to this duty.
The Bulgarian authorities have caused
the arrest of two lawyers, leaders in thu
recent insurrection, who had taken refugt
in the Russian consulate at Rustchuk. They
were arrested in the presence of the Ger
man Consul
The Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Com
pany has closed contract with the French
Cable Company for exclusive interchange
of business.
Two freight trains collided near Corinth
Miss, recently killing an engineer and fire
man.
THE Massachusetts Cattle Commission
has quarantined against New York anC
Vermont.
FURTHER earthquake shocks are reported
at Savona in Northern Italy.
News has been received that Charlie:
Roari1, who was supposed to be the man WHIT
shot Express Messenger Lake and robbed
his safe on the West Shore road near Utica
n. Y, the other night, had been captured a
Suspension Bridge Hewas traced by mean:
of fragments torn from bank notes in ex
press packages when they were hastily
| opened.
CHICAGO carpenters struck on the 1st.
THE New Orleans Cotton Exchange wa.
reported engaged fighting the labor unions
A HEAVY suow fell at Raleigh, N. c.
April l.